Dough-board.



No. 638,!49. I Pafented Nov. 28, I899.

E. SARGENT, 1B.

DOUGH BOARD.

(Application filed Mar. 16, 1899.)

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NITED STATES EDWARD SARGENT, JR, OF

DOUGH- NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO.

BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,149, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed March 16, 1899.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SARGENT, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Philadelphia, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dough- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dough-boards constructed from sheet metal, and has for its object to improve the general construction of the dough-board with a View to making it of more durable structure and more convenient'in use.

My invention will be fully understood upon reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3are respectively a plan, a bottom View, and an edge view of a doughboard embodying the features of my invention; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section in a line between the ends of the dough-board;

The board comprises a plane rolling-surface 1, a corrugated supporting and strength ening under surface 2, to which the upper surface is bound and intimately connected, and enlarged or beaded ends 3 4. The rolling-surface 1 is provided with integral lips 5, turned under along the sides of the board, and intimately gripping fiat edges 6 of the under supporting and strengthening surface. The rolling-surface likewise has formed integral with it the beads 3 4: by bending portions of its length at its ends into the desired shape. The corrugations of the under supporting and strengthening surface 2 run longitudinally of the board, and thereby produce a new and improved effect in that they lie in the direction of rolling and transversely to the length of the rolling-pin. The surface of the board is thereby sustained against the pressure of the cylindrical surface of the pin and has not the tendency to become depressed at points between the corrugations, as is the case when the corrugations run transversely to the board and parallel to the position of the rolling-pin in the act of rolling. The edges of the beads 3 and 4 extend inwardly beneath the ends of the corrugated under surface and are themselves provided with corrugated edges 8, which conform to the corrugations of the under surface, and they are Serial No. 709,321. (No model.)

-thus adapted to bind intimately upon and to be soldered to the corrugated under surface. To provide for forming the cylindrical bead 3 at one end, the lips 5 are cut away adjacent thereto, so as not to interfere with bending, and binding-strips 9 are soldered or otherwise secured beneath the lips 5 and upon the edge 8. The beads 3 and 4 not only serve to confine the edges of the dough in theact of rolling and prevent it getting off the board, but the bead 4 provides a mounting and a housing for a collapsible stop 10, which when the board is in use engages the edge of the table and prevents the board moving under the rolling operation. The ends of the collapsible stop 10 project in any suitable manner, as at 10* in Fig. 4, and thus limit the outward movement of the stop in its housing, while permitting the stop to fold inward when the board is hung up out of use. The cylindrical bead 3 forms a housing for a filling-piece 11, preferably of wood, perforated axially and providing bearings for the inturned ends 12 (see dotted lines'in Fig. l) of a bail 13. The bail 13 serves the triple purpose of a holder for the rolling-pin when the latter is laid down during the use of the board, also confining the rolling-pin upon the board, (as suggested by dotted lines in Fig. 3,) or of providing a hanger for the dough-board when not in use, for which last-named purpose the bail is provided with a loop 14 to engage a hook or nail.

A dough-board constructed as above described is a very cheap and durable construction, is free from cracks or crevices,into which the dough might accumulate, is free from tendency to warp or become uneven on its rolling-surface, as is apt to be the case with sheet-metal dough-boards having the corrugations running transversely, and is more convenient than dou gh-boards heretofore constructed by reason of the folding stop 10 and the bail 13.

Great sanitary advantage is obtained in a board made entirely of metal, as an article of this description can be subjected to steam or dry heat without danger of warping.

Having thus described-my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A dough board comprising an upper plane rolling-surface and a lower corrugated supporting and strengthening surface, the corrugations of which run longitudinally of the board, that is to say, in the direction of rolling and transverse to the axis of the rolling-pin, the parts being intimately secured together. I

2. Adough-board comprising the lower corrugated supporting and strengthening surface and the upper plane rolling-surface having lateral underturned lips 5 overlapping and engaging the edges of the corrugated surface, and with curved end beads having underturned edges conforming to the corrugations in and attached to the ends of the corrugated surface.

3. Adough-board comprising the plane and corrugated surfaces of which the former is provided with lateral lips and end heads, the edges of which lips and beads overlap and secure corresponding edges of the corrugated surface, and the binding-strips 9 secured beneath the lateral lips and upon the edge of one of the end beads for tying the parts together.

i. A dough-board comprising a suitablyconstructed plane rollingsurface, an end bead forming a housing and a mounting, and a collapsible stop secured in said end bead.

5. A dough-board comprising a suitable plane rolling-surface, an end bead having a filling, and a bail secured in said filling and providing a holder for the rolling-pin.

6. A dough-board comprising a suitable plane rolling-surface, an end bead having a 

